Chemistry: Introduction
CW: Finish Periodic Table Valentine’s Card message and decorate. Quality matters.
DN: Label p51-53 as ‘Do Now’ at the top. Then answer the question, “What are chemicals?”
EQ: How do atoms connect to form molecules?
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CW: Finish Periodic Table Valentine’s Card message and decorate. Quality matters.
DN: Label p51-53 as ‘Do Now’ at the top. Then answer the question, “What are chemicals?”
EQ: How do atoms connect to form molecules?
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the questions in their notebooks.
10min Chemicals in Food Activity. Separate into ‘healthy’ and ‘not healthy,’ then ‘chemicals’ and ‘no chemicals,’ and then ‘has atoms/molecules’ and ‘no atoms/molecules.’
10min Chemicals in Food CER. (A=Food; B=Atoms/Molecules; C=Chemicals) SKIPPED FOR TIME.
20min Valentine Cards. Students use the periodic table to create a Valentine’s message on the cover of the card using the names or atomic numbers only. Example (Do not copy): Uranium, Copper, Tellurium (on cover) and U CuTe (inside card).
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Chemistry: Introduction to Atoms
CW/HW: Complete notes (p55), diagrams (p54), write margin questions and paragraph summary (p57).
DN: Label p51-53 as ‘Do Now’ at the top. What is an atom?
EQ: What are atoms and how are they organized?
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CW/HW: Complete notes (p55), diagrams (p54), write margin questions and paragraph summary (p57).
DN: Label p51-53 as ‘Do Now’ at the top. What is an atom?
EQ: What are atoms and how are they organized?
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering question in notebook.
20min Students take Organization of Matter notes and label provided diagrams. Don’t forget to add color (highlighting, etc.). For the periodic table color/highlight every column that does the same number of bonds the same color.
10min Students write margin questions and paragraph summary.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Midterm Review (4 of 4)
HW: Study for Midterm.
CW: Q2 Midterm Review #2 worksheet.
DN: How m
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HW: Study for Midterm.
CW: Last Chance Midterm Review.
DN: How many questions on the Midterm?
Resources
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
30min Last Chance Midterm Review
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Midterm Review (3 of 4)
HW: Study for Midterm.
CW: Q2 Midterm Review #2 worksheet.
DN: What’s an example of a trophic cascade?
Reminders: Midterm is one week away.
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HW: Study for Midterm.
CW: Q2 Midterm Review #2 worksheet.
DN: What’s an example of a trophic cascade?
Reminders: Midterm is one week away.
Resources
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
20min Q2 Review Worksheet #2
15min Pyramid Review Game.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Midterm Review (2 of 4): Trendlines
HW: Study for the midterm.
CW: Completed Which Chart? Handout
DN: What are producers?
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HW: Study for the midterm.
CW: Completed Which Chart? Handout
DN: What are producers?
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
15min Which Chart? Label the x-axis (bottom) and y-axis (left side) of the chart that goes best with the variables: [1] Time with Crush vs Like Levels; [2] Money vs Wasteful Purchases; [3] Age (0-25) vs Height; [4] # of Hair Cuts vs Ave Hair Length; [5] Spicy Level of Food vs Food Yummyness; and [6] # of Times Watching a Movie vs Attention. Note that it’s always x-axis (independent variable) vs y-axis (dependent variable).
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.